Paris

I've been staying with Dominic in Paris for the last 6 days.
It's been a little bit overwhelming after spending the last two and a half weeks in a town of 620 people. So many people, buildings towering over everything and a language that i wish i spoke.
Dominic lives in a beautiful apartment with its own private fountain in the courtyard below. There are patisseries and fruit & vege shops on every corner. Everyone is very well dressed.
Walking around the Luxembourg Gardens on Tuesday it felt like the whole city was on holiday. The parked was packed with people reading, pinicing, playing petanqué, sailing mini boats, eating, wandering, socialising.... and so on.
Dominic is a bit of a night owl so we've been hanging out in some great bars and getting up late.

On Friday i went to Versailles - wow, that is one grandiose place. Despite the hoards of tourists i still managed to find myself alone in corners of the gardens, imagining i was a princess running away from my tapestries.

On Saturday we wandered througha street antique market and afterwards went to La Fayette-a huge department store with rediculous prices and some awesome shoes.

After a night of discussions about French politics and history and of course lots of wine and food i slept extremely well and on Sunday i visited the Pompidou Centre. I liked it much more than the Louvre i think.

Later on Sunday dom and i met up with Helen and Nic and now i am staying with them in Rennes. Helen and Nic are both primary school teachers and today Nic took me to school with him and i sang "heads, shoulders, knees and toes" many times!